# @marina.k.villatoro on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db6E1UnOfrF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68910189-marinakvillatoro-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-11T17:00:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Marina Kuperman Villatoro (@marina.k.villatoro) — https://gondola.cc/marina.k.villatoro

## Caption

Egan Bernal’s dad tried to make him quit.

🚴 Egan Bernal | Cycling | Tour de France Champion

Not because he didn’t believe in him.

Years earlier, his father had chased the same dream.
He had the talent but he didn’t have the money.

So when Egan fell in love with cycling, his dad wasn’t trying to build another champion. He was trying to spare his son the heartbreak he knew so well.

He took him to the longest climbs he could find in the Colombian mountains: Steep, thin air, leg-burning roads.

He hoped one day Egan would decide it wasn’t worth it.

He never did.

While his father guarded the Salt Cathedral to provide for the family, Egan’s mother worked long days on a flower farm.

A borrowed helmet, a second-hand bike, no shortcuts.

Just two parents doing everything they could with what they had and one boy who kept choosing the climb.

⁉️ Are you protecting your child from disappointment or preparing them to face it? ⁉️

👩‍🔬 I spent years decoding what 100 elite athlete parents actually did. The uncomfortable truth about how athletes get made.

🏘️🌴 It takes a strategic village to raise an athlete. This is your village. 🥇

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 #RaisingProAthletes  #EganBernal #TourDeFrance #CyclingLife #ParentingTeens

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## Tags

cyclinglife, parentingteens, eganbernal, tourdefrance, raisingproathletes

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